Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton are pleased to announce the general availability of Virtual Cloud Defense (VCD) for Azure Government.

Virtual Cloud Defense from Booz Allen helps Azure Government customers secure cloud workloads and protect data by deploying cost-effective cloud workload protection and security services. VCD builds upon Microsoft Azure’s unprecedented investments in cloud security and compliance and integrates third party best-of-breed, commercially available and government solutions provided through the Azure Government Marketplace to meet Federal Government and DoD security and assurance requirements.

Encryption of Data at Rest: with native Azure and third-party solutions that offer encryption of cloud storage, data is protected from unintentional disclosure and malicious activity

Network Traffic Inspection and Protection: in-line packet inspection and passive SSL decryption of traffic into and out of Azure Government, as well as between Azure virtual machines and virtual networks, detects and blocks intrusions and other malicious traffic

Log Aggregation, Dashboards, and Analytics: the collection and analysis of security events and configurations range from network appliances, cloud infrastructure, operating systems, and applications to support security operations, auditing, and executive reporting

Identity and Authentication Services: integration of these services with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) supports Common Access Card (CAC) and multi-factor authentication for hosted applications and management functions

In addition to providing this suite of core security services, Booz Allen can tailor the Virtual Cloud Defense architecture to provide additional services to meet the organization’s cost and risk profile. Whether an organization needs to protect a few or dozens of applications in the cloud, Booz Allen’s Virtual Cloud Defense for Azure Government scales to meet the security requirements of both small and large organizations. For more information, please contact the Virtual Cloud Defense team at Booz Allen.

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